The trick is to just start what you need to do and tell yourself you only need to do it for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, you're allowed to go back to reddit, but most of the time you'll just end up working for much longer with no issue. If you imagine the task as studying for four finals, you're much more inclined to procrastinate as the task seems unbearable. Studying for just 5 minutes has a much lower mental barrier.

The Nation of Islam is blatantly antisemitic. Keith Ellison is no longer a member, and he's since denounced them, but it isn't that crazy to wonder if he still shares some of their views. Look up their leader Farrakhan if you want more info on how crazy those guys are.

I'm not saying Keith Ellison still supports him, but Farrakhan is undeniably an anti-Semite. He has said publicly that he believes the Jews are partly responsible for 9/11, says they are conspiring to take over the government and the media, and claims that the Jewish religion is illegitimate and was created for the purpose of global domination.

I'm in a very similar situation right now. I had a strong friend group in high school, but now I dont really feel like I fit in with any group here in college. I do get exposed to a lot of different types of people since I think I'm perceived as nice and people don't seem to mind having me around, but I do really wish I had a few really close friends rather than a bunch of loose connections. I'm also so bad at keeping in touch with people I meet, and I always seem go just wait for them to reach out to me because I don't want to seem clingy or something. Sometimes I feel like I'm doomed to be a loner but maybe that'll change

Isn't China testing it right now on humans to knock out some gene which has to do with preventing the immune system from attacking cancer cells? Or are you saying that actually replacing it with a new gene is something that has only been done with rodents? Also, could CRISPR be used to propagate the changed genome throughout the body? Why would it have to target a specific set of neurons? Thanks for your help by the way, and sorry if these are stupid questions. This is really interesting stuff.

Why couldn't they use it to replace the gene with the variant discussed in the article? Maybe I'm misunderstanding how CRISPR works, but can't it be used to essentially cut and paste small sections of DNA in vivo?

I agree completely, especially about the mirror part. Sometimes when I'm socializing and I see my reflection, I have a moment where I'm like "wait a second, I'm acting like a different person, what am I doing"